Buxton, who will participate in next week’s Home Run Derby in Atlanta, crushed a 427-foot solo homer off Pirates reliever Andrew Heaney with two outs in the seventh to complete the cycle.

Buxton collected hits in the first, second and third innings against the Pirates before going yard in the seventh

The Minnesota Twins play the Pittsburgh Pirates after Byron Buxton hit for the cycle against the Pirates on Saturday.

Minnesota Twins superstar center fielder Byron Buxton pulled off a rare feat in baseball... on his bobblehead day, no less. During Saturday's matinee against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Target Field, Buxton completed the cycle with a sick homer on the same afternoon where fans received Buxton bobbleheads for attending the game.

The Minnesota Twins will go for a three-game sweep against the Pittsburgh Pirates when the teams meet Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis on the final day before the All-Star break.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton hit for the cycle Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The cycle was the first for any player in Target Field history since the ballpark opened in 2010. It was the first cycle by a Twins player since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.